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“Traffic Calming” meeting where they reviewed ways to control speeders.

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upper Vintage Hills have
turned into more heavily
traveled thoroughfares for commuters and parents driving their children to Vintage Hills Elementary
School, adding thousands of cars to
those streets each week and posing
a headache for neighborhood residents and a dilemma for Pleasanton
traffic engineers. Last week, more
than 100 of those neighbors joined
Joshua Pack, the city’s senior transportation engineer, at a so-called
“Traffic Calming” meeting in City
Hall. The speakers, and there were
scores of them, were calmer than
the traffic they came to complain
about, but not by much.
Many of them moved into their
three-and-four bedroom homes or
smaller apartments on Touriga and
Palomino drives years ago when
many Vintage Hills students walked
to school and generally one of their
parents stayed home. Ruby Hill,
with its 850 large (and expensive)
homes had yet to be built; Vintage
Hills, itself, snaked up Crellin Road
half a mile or so to Madeira, ending
at a sheep ranch and other open
space. Vintage Heights, Foxbrough,
Gray Fox and other newer developments that now feed into Crellin
Road were still a builder’s dream.
Times have changed for the
Touriga/Palomino neighborhoods
as they have for the rest of Pleasanton. Touriga Drive, which offers
a straight, non-stop route for Ruby
Hill drivers from Vineyard Avenue
to Vintage Hills Elementary on
Concord Drive, now carries 2,100

vehicles a day. Palomino, another
straight shot for all of the commuters on Crellin Road and beyond,
has a weekday average of 2,300
vehicles. As Pack told his audience,
those aren’t West Las Positas, Stoneridge, Valley or Bernal roadway
traffic volumes, but they are higher
than they’ve been and the volumes
are likely to grow. Nearly 100 large
new homes are under construction
on Vineyard between Touriga and
Ruby Hill which will no doubt attract families with young children,
who will also be assigned to Vintage Hills Elementary.
Several years ago, the city installed speed “humps” in five locations on Crellin, which slowed
some motorists and caused others
to find alternate routes to work and
stores. Even so, many at the Traffic
Calming meeting didn’t want the
speed bumps added on Touriga or
Palomino. They’re noisy, especially
on a quite summer evening when
windows are open, and a few motorists see them as a challenge as to
just how fast they can drive across
them. Even though traffic studies
show that average speeds on Crellin
have dropped, motorists and others
don’t like them. Those with back
or neck ailments particularly find
them a pain. Nor are stop signs, No
Left Turn signs or other remedies
the answer.
What do seem to be working are
the flashing radar monitoring speed
signs now installed in many parts
of Pleasanton, including newer
ones that flash in red if you’re 5
miles over the posted speed. Neighbors agreed that a pair of those
signs on Touriga costing $150,000
would help and they’re now on
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Becca Parnell
Volunteer for Kids Against Hunger/college student
I wanted to do something to help people,
and when I heard about this organization, I
knew it was the place for me. I like knowing
exactly where the food is going and who I
am helping. I go to every event that I can.

Parker Brown
Age 7
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thought it was going to be harder. I want to
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Hannah Lightfoot
Eighth-grader
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really surprised me how easy it is to help
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Former BART board member campaigning for City Council
3 now in race for 2 open seats in Nov. 6 election

Work begins on 84
Mayor Jennifer Hosterman
joined other city, county and
regional representatives last
Thursday for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the longawaited start of the State Route
84 expressway that will eventually link I-580 to I-680 along
the Isabel Avenue and Vallecitos
Road corridor. The upgrade will
result in expressway standards
with a 55 mph speed limit.
Upgrading Highway 84 to expressway status has long been
a goal of the Pleasanton City
Council and traffic planners.
They see the improved route
as an attractive alternative for
hundreds of commuters who
now use Pleasanton streets, especially Sunol Boulevard/First
Street, to avoid congestion at
the 580/680 interchange.
The project will be constructed
in two segments, with the northern part completed by early 2014
and the southern in mid-2016.
The total cost estimate is $122.4
million, being financed in part
by $16 million made available by
Proposition 1B, the transportation bond and sales tax measure
approved by voters in 2006.

BY JEB BING

Erlene DeMarcus, a former BART board member and long-time Pleasanton resident, has
announced her campaign for Pleasanton City
Council in the Nov. 6 municipal election.
She joins Planning Commission chairman
Jerry Pentin and Realtor Karla Brown in the
campaign for election to two seats that will be
available this fall. Both Councilwoman Cindy
McGovern and Councilman Matt Sullivan are
stepping down because of term limits after serving for eight years on the council.
Two others, council members Cheryl CookKallio and Jerry Thorne, who each have two
years left to serve on the council, are seeking the
mayor’s post in the upcoming General Election,
a position that is being vacated by Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, also because of term limits.
In her election campaign announcement,
DeMarcus said she led the community effort to
persuade BART to extend service to Pleasanton

through her effort to gain voter approval for a
countywide transportation tax necessary to fund
it. Once elected to the BART board, she pushed
the Pleasanton extension to
the top of the project list,
making it the first extension
since BART was built.
“Pleasanton is my home
and I want to continue to do
what I can to improve the
quality of life for all of us,”
DeMarcus said in announcing her candidacy for the
City Council.
Erlene
She said she plans to focus on
DeMarcus
issues of transportation, jobs,
public safety and children’s services as ways of
improving quality of life here.
Erlene DeMarcus is owner and principle
of the DeMarcus Group, which specializes in
transportation management and planning. A

Lawsuits
against city
not uncommon
Complaints can trigger internal
investigations

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Volunteers are needed to help
homeless veterans, both men and
women, who will gather Sept.
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Fairgrounds for the annual East
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more than 450 receive services
and information over a four-day
period, including dental, medical, legal, Veterans Administration, addiction programs, showers, haircuts, massages, new
clothing, shoes and food.
The event uses 1,000 volunteers. Jobs include preparing and
serving meals, escorting veterans
to appointments, and other support functions. Volunteers must
register by Aug. 31 at www.eastbaystanddown.org. Learn more at
a meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug.
21, at Veterans Memorial Building, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville.

Swim championships
Pleasanton’s Dolores Bengtson
Aquatic Center on Black Avenue
near Santa Rita Road will host the
annual Tri-Valley Swim League
Championships tomorrow, expected to draw about 900 swimmers and fans from 6 a.m.-5:30
p.m. The city has worked with
the league on a traffic flow system
to reduce the event’s impact on
the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Aquatic Center is home
to the Piranha Swim Team. Also
competing are the Briarhill Barracudas, Clubsport Tidal Waves,
Del Prado Stingrays, Dublin Green
Gators, FAST Dolphins, Pleasanton Meadows Sharks and Ruby
Hill Killer Whales swim teams.

former congressional staffer, she was also one of
the founding board members of the PleasantonDublin Livermore WHEELS bus program.
DeMarcus has support from State Senator
and Senate majority leader Ellen Corbett, State
Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, State Assemblywoman
Joan Buchanan, Mayor Jennifer Hosterman,
Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, BART President
John McPartland and Alameda County Sheriff
Gregory Ahern.
Other supporters include Jan Batcheller, Bob
Butler, Cheryl Cook-Kallio, former Livermore
mayor Marshall Kamena, Ro Khanna, Mary King,
former Pleasanton mayor Ken Mercer, Karin Mohr,
James Tong, Mary Warren and Ayn Wieskamp.
DeMarcus will hold a $100 a plate fundraising breakfast at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 15,
at the Palm Pavilion at the Alameda County
Fairgrounds.
For more information, email campaignhq@
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BY GLENN WOHLTMANN

utes, ending at the Pleasanton Arch. Last
year’s event drew 1,200 entries in the running and cycling events, and thousands of
onlookers.
All day, the wellness and lifestyle expo
will feature local and regional health care
vendors, lifestyle companies and specialty
product manufacturers. Many merchants and
restaurants will offer specials.
The decision to return to Pleasanton was
easy since it has so many places downtown
to shop and eat for both the athletes and
the fans, said McCrary and Kevin Magna,
co-founders of Katalyst Events, which hosts
the event with the city of Pleasanton and the
Pleasanton Downtown Association. Criterium races are often held in business parks

Pleasanton police Chief Dave Spiller confirms
there is an internal investigation into actions
of a K-9 officer, but such investigations, which
spring from claims filed with the city, are apparently not unusual.
“There is an administrative investigation. I
am conducting an investigation on allegations
asserted in the claim,” said Spiller, adding that
he is prohibited from speaking about specifics
of the investigation. Spiller noted that the police
officers’ bill of rights, POBAR, “only allows disclosures at the conclusion of an investigation if
discipline was advised.”
Claims against police — the precursors to
lawsuits — are relatively common, according to
Pleasanton City Attorney Jonathan Lowell.
“I’d say that we get maybe one or two claims a
year related to the Police Department,” he said.
Lowell explained that internal investigations
are triggered by the filing of a citizen complaint
or when the Police Department becomes aware
of a potential violation of departmental policy,
city policy, or state or federal law.
He said anyone can take legal action against
the city or threaten to take it.
“Under our system of government, anyone
may file a claim, file a complaint and file a lawsuit,” he said.
K-9 Officer Tim Martens is named in one
of two current claims against the city. In that
claim, Brian Lancaster is asking for in excess
of $1 million on allegations that Martens and
other unknown officers “improperly obtained
confidential information, improperly used and
disclosed false and confidential information and
made illegal search, seizure and arrest based on
use of improperly obtained information and
falsified evidence.”
Five charges against Lancaster, including possession of methamphetamine and possession of
paraphernalia, were dismissed last week for lack
of evidence, according to the Alameda County
District Attorney’s Office.

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See LAWSUIT on Page 7

JAY FLACHSBARTH

Racers in the men’s Category 5 cycling event last year negotiate the turn onto Main Street near the Rose
Hotel in downtown Pleasanton at the Safeway Fast & Furious Festival.

Cycling, running and other healthy happenings will take over Main Street Pleasanton
on Sunday when the second annual Fast &
Furious Festival comes to town, sponsored by
Safeway and Hill Physicians.
“It’s fast and furious because of the fast
runners and the furious nature of the bike
racing,” said Chris McCrary, one of the organizers, last year before criterium racing made
its Pleasanton debut. “You’ll have 100 guys
going 30 miles an hour in a pack, shoulder
to shoulder, going into a corner three or four
across. It’s action-packed.”
Criterium racing has a short course — on
Sunday less than one mile in length — with
the races lasting a specified period of time.
Sunday’s races will last from 40 to 75 min-

City Councilman and candidate
for mayor Jerry Thorne told more
than 100 supporters at his recent
fundraising reception that he will
put his 40 years of business experience to work as mayor to bring
fiscal sustainability and pension
reform to Pleasanton.
Supporters cheered as Thorne
outlined a multi-step program that
he promised would start by putting
performance measures in place to
hold the City Council, itself, to
public transparency standards “that
will make sure you know what we
do and that you can hold us accountable for our actions.”
“My experience in the private
sector taught me that you’ve got to
be responsible and accountable for
what you do,” said Thorne, who
is a retired senior executive from
Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.
“Politicians today don’t seem to
feel that way,” Thorne added. “If
something goes wrong, they tend to
blame everybody else. One of my
favorite presidents, Harry Truman,
liked to say that the buck stopped
at his desk. In Pleasanton, as mayor,
it will stop at my desk, too.”
Thorne spent more than two
hours at the reception, held in

RACING
Continued from Page 5

with few amenities and even fewer
spectators, they noted, so downtown Pleasanton is a real treat for
racers.
The total prize money has been
increased to $14,500, which is

the backyard gardens at the home
of Laura and Ron Capilla high
in the hills of Castlewood and
arranged by businessman Frank
Capilla. Most of those at the reception, which raised $20,000 toward
Thorne’s election campaign, were
from Pleasanton, including former
Congressman Bill Baker and former
Pleasanton mayor and city councilman Bob Philcox.
“Jerry is a common sense guy,
very forward-thinking with an ear
for everybody,” Philcox said.
In addition to his business experience, Thorne also has spent
the last 17 years in appointed and
elected positions in Pleasanton.
He served both as a member and
chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission starting in 1995,
where he successfully led a ballot
measure to make sure part of the
city’s newly acquired Bernal Community Park would be dedicated to
sports. The lighted baseball fields
now completed were part of that
effort.
He was first elected to the City
Council in a special election in
2005 to fill an open seat after
Councilwoman Jenifer Hosterman
was elected mayor. Thorne was
elected to a full four-year term in
2006 and again in 2010. He has

two years remaining on his current
term as a councilman.
“As a long-time business manager, I recognize the difference between results-oriented leadership
and partisan politics,” Thorne told
supporters. “There is a big difference in the way that you handle
other people’s money.”
As mayor, he vowed to make
pension reform a priority.
“We have to have a pension system in the state of California that
makes sense and one that is sustainable,” Thorne said. “Right now
it’s not sustainable.”
“And to the men and women
in the city who have those retirement programs, I don’t think we
can guarantee that their pensions,
the way they currently are, will
be there for them when they get
ready to retire. Together, we need
to make sure that we have a system
that really works.”
In addition to pension reform
and City Council performance accountability, Thorne also said his
priorities as mayor will include
new job creation, protection of
property values and rights, economic development, partnering
with city schools to protect Pleasanton’s quality of education, elimination of unnecessary government

red tape and support for the men
and women in uniform.
“Together we can make sure that
our city reaches its full potential
and continues to be the ‘City of
Planned Progress.’” Thorne said.
“We must not allow it to become
the city of no progress.”
For more information about
Jerry Thorne, visit his website at
www.jerrythorne.com.
Thorne is one of two council
members seeking the mayor’s post.
Councilwomen Cheryl Cook-Kallio, who also has two years remain-

ing on her term of office, is also
campaigning for mayor.
In addition, three are campaigning for election to the City Council,
where two seats will be filled in the
Nov. 6 election to replace council members Cindy McGovern and
Matt Sullivan, who are completing
the eight years allowed for service
on the council.
The three candidates are Realtor
Karla Brown, former BART board
member Ellen DeMarcus and Planning Commission chairman Jerry
Pentin. N

one reason the Northern California Nevada Cycling Association
named Fast & Furious the home
of this year’s NCNCA’s Elite Criterium Championship.
New this year is the Safeway
Kids’ Zone, open from 10:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. with BMX demo shows,
a Striders Race Track for kids ages

3-6, two jumpy houses, mobile
video gaming stations and Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department
trucks.
At 1:30 p.m. the live music begins with the Clif Bar Band on the
Safeway Music Stage followed by
headliner Notorious at 3 p.m.
Festival and concert admission is
free.
A portion of proceeds from
the event will be donated to ALS
Therapy Development Institute to
research Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In 2010, McCrary’s
friend, Pete Zucker, a cyclist and
triathlete and member of the Wells
Fargo Cycling team and Forward
Motion Race Club, was diagnosed

with ALS.
“Pete’s fight has provided us
with the inspiration and motivation to devote our efforts to a
cause much bigger than the sport
of running or cycling,” McCrary
said. “We are committed to raising
funds and awareness about ALS.
We are essentially no closer to a
cure than we were more than 70
years ago when Lou Gehrig fought
the disease.”
The final professional level race
will conclude at 7:45 p.m. The
Pleasanton Police Department advised that streets in the immediate
area of downtown will be closed
between 2 a.m. and midnight
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At a political rally high in the hills of Castlewood, supporters of Councilman and
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Fast & Furious racing begins at 8
a.m. with a 5K Run/Walk. A one-mile
open, dubbed the “Mile of Truth,” follows the 5K at 9:30 a.m.
Criterium-style bicycle races are
scheduled to start at 10:50 a.m. The
day concludes with the women’s and
men’s championship races starting at
5:20 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Nationally
acclaimed announcer Chad Andrews,
who calls races on the USA Pro Cycling
tour, will be calling the 5K and Mile of
Truth as well as the criteriums.
A free kids run starts at 10:50 a.m.;
free kids bike races begin at 2:50 p.m.
For more information, go to www.
fastandfuriouspleasanton.com.

NICOLE DOI

Guest speakers included Marco Davis, Deputy
Director for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics; and Jose Fernandez, Associate Director for the White House Ofﬁce of Public Engagement and Assistant Secretary
of State for Economic and Business Affairs.

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Former Pleasanton mortgage firm
being sued by clients

TAKE US ALONG
Hometown
visit: Monica
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pharmacist at
Safeway who
lives near Mission
Hills Park, displays her Weekly
while sitting in an
auto-rickshaw in
her hometown of
Pune, 160 kilometers north of
Mumbai, where
she was visiting
her parents.

Owner also facing criminal charge in July 3 attack
BY GLENN WOHLTMANN

A man accused of attacking his
roommate at his mansion in unincorporated Livermore is now facing
a civil case involving the company
he ran in Pleasanton.
The suit, filed last week by attorney David Tubman, names virtually every employee of OF Lending
Group, the now-defunct Pleasanton
firm that owner William Hogarty
touted as a solution for people who
were underwater on their homes.
Twenty-two of the firm’s former
clients are suing for fraud, breach
of contract, and other violations
of California law. According to the
lawsuit, OF Lending demanded advance fees from homeowners who
were desperate to save their homes
from foreclosure.
“Bill Hogarty and OF Lending
and the defendants promised vulnerable homeowners, to save them
a lot of money with the result they
could stay in their homes. OF
lending’s promise was to negotiate on behalf of these people with
their lenders, knowing that these
people were not successful in their
own attempts,” Tubman said. “OF
lending demanded illegal upfront
fees. OF Lending told homeowners they were putting their money
in a trust account to protect their
money.”
Hogarty later told some of those
clients he spent the money on dayto-day operations of OF Lending.
Tubman said the company based
its fees on how much employees
could talk their prospective clients
into giving, and that often workers
would walk into a conference room
where another was meeting with a
client and claim they’d just saved
another homeowner.

LAWSUIT
Continued from Page 5

But Pleasanton’s police officers
are also named in a claim filed by
Occupy Oakland, which claims
they were part of an attack on a
group of 500 to 1,000 protesters.
Pleasanton police were called to
the protest as part of a mutual aid
agreement.
Martens was specifically named
in a claim filed by a neighbor on
Sept. 13, 2011. In the claim, Jeffrey Harlan asks for $2.16 million
and says Martens and other officers
“derived us of our civil rights, they
have illegally searched my home,
videotaped our activities and threatened us and eventually arrested me
when I called for help.”
Harlan claimed he suffered from
neck trauma and an acceleration of
his epilepsy, which prevented him
from returning to work.
After a claim is rejected by the
city — as was the case with Harlan’s — the next step would be to
file a lawsuit. That hasn’t happened
in that case, but did in another,
where Martens was apparently part
of a large contingent of officers who

Specifically named in the lawsuit
are Hogarty’s now estranged wife,
Christy Hogarty, and his former
wife Micaelanne Hogarty, along
with James Riviera, Tiffany Carr
and Gregory Lomba.
Hogarty is not named.
“The reason we can’t go after Bill
Hogarty is because he’s filed for
bankruptcy,” Tubman said. Once a
bankruptcy claim is filed, all other
claims are put on hold — what’s
known as a stay.
Tubman said some of the banks
OF Lending worked with called
the company’s efforts “amateurish.”
He said those lenders went for
months without hearing back from
OF Lending, which often didn’t
return calls.
“They failed to deliver on their
promise. They did not competently
negotiate with lenders,” Tubman
said. “They failed to deliver and,
to add insult to injury, they failed
to refund their clients’ money, and
those moneys demanded were illegal to begin with.”
Clients have described themselves as angry and embarrassed
to have been taken in by the company.
“My wife and I placed our faith
and trust in OFLG. It became
clear that they were only interested in our money, and not in
saving our underwater home,”
said Webster Loudd, a retired
Oakland schoolteacher who is
now a Baptist minister.
Hogarty, 47, who won the
2005 Mr. California Bodybuilding
Championship also faces criminal
charges stemming from a July 3 altercation with his roommate, John
Robinson.
Robinson told police “Hogarty

tried to kill me. He came barging
into my room and said he was
going to kill me, over and over, and
then almost choked me to death.”
According to a police report,
“Hogarty opened the victim’s door,
slammed the door against the wall
and said ‘I know you’re talking
to my wife.’” When Robinson replied that she calls him when she’s
drunk, Hogarty again threatened
to kill him and put him in a
chokehold.
“I blacked out then put my finger
in his eye,” Robinson told police.
He then retrieved a sheath knife
from under his mattress and held
Hogarty at bay, calling police and
sitting with his back against his
bathroom door until the sheriff’s
deputies arrived, the report said.
Robinson also told police Hogarty was subject to violent rages due
to his use of steroids.
Hogarty was in court Tuesday to
ask Judge Hugh Walker to let him
stay at his father’s house, which sits
on the same property as Hogarty’s
home, known as The Mansion,
which is now in foreclosure.
“I think that’s too close,” Walker
said.
Robinson has been allowed to
stay in the 12,978-square-foot
mansion, with eight bedrooms, a
12-car garage and swimming pool,
because Hogarty has a restraining
order that keep the two separated.
That mansion was touted as
Northern California’s answer to the
Playboy mansion and was the scene
of risqué parties, such as the Fallen
Angels Lingerie Party and Mardi
Gras at the Mansion.
Hogarty is set to return to court
Aug. 6 to enter a plea in the criminal case. N

responded to a complaint about a
man and his family who refused to
vacate their room at the Hyatt Summerfield hotel in the 4500 block of
Chabot Drive.
That claim was filed Sept. 2,
2010, by Gene Forte of Los Banos,
asking for $1 million. It contends
“several Pleasanton police officers
jumped and assaulted Forte with
no warning, pushing him onto the
ground and then strapping him
against his will onto a gurney. ... He
was handcuffed to the gurney and
could not move.”
Although that claim was also rejected, Forte took the next step, filing a lawsuit on March 4, 2011, in
which he claims officers Jerry Nicely, Mardene Lashley and Martens,
along with other officers named
as John Does, wrongfully evicted
Forte and his family, falsely arrested
and falsely imprisoned the entire
family, caused emotional distress,
unlawfully detained the family, and
violated their civil rights.
However, Forte has also sued
Merced County District Attorney
Larry Morse, Merced County Sheriff
Mark Pazin, Deputy Chris Picinich
and several Merced County depu-

ties, and claims he’s the target of a
conspiracy that includes everyone
from Leon Panetta, when he was
director of the CIA, to officials in
Merced and Monterey counties to
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to
police officers up and down the
state, including those in Pleasanton.
Pleasanton police are also named
in a lawsuit filed in late June by
the operators of Club Neo after it
was placed on probation by the
City Council, which ordered the
nightclub in Gateway Square to cut
the number of patrons allowed in
the club by nearly one-third and
to close its two bars by 1 a.m. That
move came after a series of disturbances both inside and in the parking lot outside in December and
January, including a shooting Jan.
14 that injured a Fremont patron.
That lawsuit asks for a jury trial,
claiming civil rights violations and
violations of the first and 14th
amendments to the constitution.
Lowell said the city takes all legal
matters seriously.
“We investigate all claims, complaints and lawsuits and respond
accordingly, and in most situations
the claims are rejected,” he said. N

What is an Optometrist?
An optometrist is a doctor of optometry
specializing in vision problems, treating conditions
with glasses and contact lenses, and also
prescribing medications for certain eye diseases.

Valley EyeCare Center is proud to be the ﬁrst practice in the Tri-Valley to offer
comprehensive eye services in Ophthalmology, Optometry and Optical.

Pleasanton-based grocer sees market gains in all food-related channels
Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc.
has reported second-quarter profit
fell to $121.7 million for the second quarter of 2012 compared to
$146.0 million in the same quarter
a year ago.
Analysts blamed the decline on
Safewayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increased advertising
spending and costs incurred during the launch of its U loyalty program.
Even so, the supermarket firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
revenue increased to $10.39 billion
from $10.2 billion as shares outstanding dropped to 239.8 million
from 352.3 million.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are encouraged to see that our
volume trends are improving as inflation has eased, and we are pleased to
see market share gains in the grocery
channel and a slight gain in market
share in all food-related channels,â&#x20AC;?
said Steve Burd, chairman and chief
executive officer.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect continued momentum as participation grows in our
just for U loyalty program that
is now available in all U.S. divisions and as we enhance our fuel
rewards programs and expand our
health and wellness initiatives,â&#x20AC;?
Burd said.
Sales and other revenue increased
1.9% to $10.4 billion in the second
quarter of 2012 from $10.2 billion
in the second quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher fuel sales and
an identical-store sales increase of
0.8%, excluding fuel, partly offset
by a lower Canadian exchange rate.
Gross profit declined 73 basis
points to 26.27% of sales in the
second quarter of 2012 compared
to 27% of sales in the second quarter of 2011. Excluding the 47 basispoint impact from fuel sales, gross
profit declined 26 basis points due
primarily to increased advertising
and costs incurred to launch the
just for U loyalty program.
Operating and administrative
expense decreased 39 basis points
to 23.89% of sales in the second
quarter of 2012 from 24.28%
of sales in the second quarter of
2011. Excluding the 22 basispoint impact of higher fuel sales,
operating and administrative expense margin decreased 17 basis
points, primarily due to lower
labor expense, partly offset by
the launch costs of just for U and
several individually immaterial
items.
Last January, Safeway announced the planned sale or closure of 27 Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores, in-

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cluding the sale of 16 Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
stores to Giant Food Stores. Safeway closed three of the Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
stores and incurred impairment
and lease exit losses of $14 million in the second quarter, but
the retailer also sold three Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores for $6.9 million and
recorded a gain of $2 million in
the third (Fiscal Year) quarter
of 2012. Safeway completed and
recorded the sale of 16 Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
stores to Giant for a pre-tax gain
of $85 million and cash proceeds
of $111 million.
Safeway invested $219.2 million in capital expenditures in

the second quarter of 2012, while
operating its new Lifestyle store
in Pleasanton and completing one
Lifestyle remodel. Safeway also
closed 10 stores, including three
Genuardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores sold during the
quarter.
For the year, Safeway expects to
invest approximately $900 million
in capital expenditures to open
approximately 10 new Lifestyle
stores, complete approximately
10 Lifestyle remodels, refurbish
in-store pharmacies and develop
properties through its wholly
owned subsidiary, Property Development Centers LLC. N

Tri-Valley Heroes: We’re looking for
a few good men and women
The proverbial unsung hero: We all know one or
two.
These are the individuals or groups who keep
doing what they do to make our community and
lives better but very rarely get the recognition they
so richly deserve.
We are happy to announce that we will recognize
the true, yet often anonymous, Tri-Valley Heroes
this holiday season through a series of feature articles honoring eight individuals or groups for their
positive influence on the Tri-Valley and the lives of
its residents. We will feature two Heroes each week
beginning Nov. 23 and concluding Dec. 14.
We want to recognize those individuals, groups
or organizations that stand out because of their actions, integrity or honor, whether that hero is a firefighter who rescues a child from a burning house,
the girl who is courageously battling leukemia, the business that allows its
employees to mentor teens for an hour a week, or the neighborhood group
that cleans up the creek.
Awards will be given in the following categories: Arts and Culture,
Community Spirit, Courage, Environmental Stewardship, Innovation, Rising Star and Role Model. The Lifetime Achievement award will recognize
an individual or group for contributions, leadership, enthusiasm and tireless efforts on behalf of his or her community, county and neighbors.
We are calling for nominations. This awards program is being conducted
throughout our Embarcadero Media East Bay division, which includes
the Pleasanton Weekly, Dublin TriValley Views, Danville Express and San
Ramon Express. Individuals who work or live in Pleasanton, Dublin, San
Ramon, Danville, Blackhawk or Alamo are eligible, as are businesses located
in these areas.
If you know a person, organization or group deserving of recognition,
complete the form at http://tinyurl.com/Tri-ValleyHeroes. Nominations
can also be emailed directly to gallen@EmbarcaderoMediaGroup.com, but
make sure all the information requested on the form is included. Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Oct. 4.
We are also looking for sponsors for the program and for the individual
awards. Any individual or group can sponsor. Please contact me directly
at gallen@EmbarcaderoMediaGroup.com or 600-0840, ext. 119, for information.
We hope you find this opportunity to recognize the unsung Tri-Valley
Heroes as exciting as we do! N

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Home building is back in Pleasanton

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here’s good news in the housing market, both here, in
California and in much of the country. As we report today
on our Real Estate pages, home sales experienced solid
gains in June and home prices reached their highest level since
August 2010 in California. June sales rose 8.5% from June 2011’s
revised 478,040 pace with the median home price posting both
month-over-month and year-over-year gains for the fourth consecutive month. Interest rates continued their downward trend
in June, with 30-year fixed-mortgage interest rates averaging
3.68%, down from 3.80% in May and 4.51% in June 2011.
Nationwide, housing production rose by 6.9% to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 760,000 units in June. This is the fastest
pace of new-home construction since October 2008.
Here in the East Bay, luxury home sales jumped 19% in June
and the median sale price edged higher as the high-end market
continued to gain momentum. A new report by Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage in Pleasanton shows that a total of 189
homes sold for more than $1 million in June, up sharply from
the 159 properties that changed hands a year ago. Last month’s
sales were also up 6.7% from May when 177 luxury homes
sold.
High-end homes also sold at a faster pace in June, with properties selling in 43 days on average compared to 49 a year ago.
And sellers received 100.1% of their asking price on average
compared to 99.3% last year. At the same time, the median sale
price for a luxury home is edging up, reaching $1,285,000 in
June, up 2% from May and up fractionally from a year ago, when
the median price stood at $1,275,000.
Pleasanton led the region with the most expensive sale, a
six-bedroom, seven-bath, 9,821-square-foot home that sold for
$3.25 million. Alamo boasted the most luxury sales with 25,
followed by Danville with 23, Fremont with 21, Pleasanton with
19, and Oakland and Orinda with 16 apiece.
The East Bay’s luxury market is expected to continue gaining
strength as the year goes along. As with other luxury markets in
the Bay Area, including San Francisco and Silicon Valley, there
just aren’t enough listings to meet the demand of well-qualified
buyers.
To meet that pent-up demand, developers are back in Pleasanton for the first time in several years, building new homes
on the east and south sides of the city. Ponderosa Homes, Lehman and Selway are subdividing a 16-acre site located between
Trenery Drive and Cameron Avenue into 29 separate sites for
new home construction. The plan calls for construction of a
new loop street, Cameron Place, which will tie into Cameron
Avenue at both ends. Cameron Avenue will be reconstructed to
create a curvilinear alignment to curb speeding.
Ponderosa has received city approval to complete the last
phase of its Ironwood active adult community near Busch Road
and Valley Avenue. The developer will subdivide what is now
a 23.1-acre site into 110 single family home lots on the north
side of the city’s Operations Service Center. As part of the gated
Ironwood adult development, the new homes will be offered to
those 55 years of age and older.
Under construction are another 18 luxury homes being built
by Toll Brothers on Vineyard Avenue just east of a 13-acre
site owned by the Pleasanton school district. At one time, the
site was planned as the home of the district’s 10th elementary
school, which was never built. Homes in the Toll Brothers project are expected to be similar in size and cost to those recently
built in surrounding neighborhoods. Those homes sold in the
$1 million and $2 million price range.
With construction soon to start on 650 high density apartment units in the Hacienda Business Park and another 350
approved near the Dublin-Pleasanton West BART station, the
renewal of home and apartment building in Pleasanton is good
news for a city that relies on property tax revenue for much of
its revenue. N

Police nab would-be car
burglar
A San Jose man was busted in the early
morning hours of July 29 by a Pleasanton
police officer who spotted him wearing dark
clothing and standing near a parked car on a
bike without lights, police reports said.
Teddy Lawrence Dreher, 48, was arrested
at about 2:35 a.m. near the intersection of
Singletree Way and Payne Road for prowling, possession of lock-picking tools, possession of a non-narcotic controlled substance,
and resisting arrest. A search turned up two
screwdrivers and a flashlight. Dreher was

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to decide whether to file charges against a
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was arrested at about 5:37 p.m. July 29 at at
Nordstrom in Stoneridge Shopping Center
for grand theft and providing false identification to a police officer in the theft of four
$250 gold watches and offering someone
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was a $1,000 collection of sports cards, a
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flat-screen television. The burglary occurred
between midnight and 6:30 a.m.; no one was
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expensive liquor valued at a total of $1,783
in four incidents on July 12, 13, 17 and 24.
Two men were observed each time, but no
arrests have been made.
Under the law, those arrested are considered innocent until convicted.

POLICE REPORT
The Pleasanton Police Department made
the following information available.

DUI arrest in Laurel Drive crash
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Pleasanton, was arrested for DUI
on July 4 for a crash on Laurel
Drive in The Preserve.
In that crash, which occurred
at about 2:20 p.m., a Ford pickup
truck headed southbound on Laurel

Creek Drive at a high speed veered
to the right and struck a curb, went
out of control, skidded across the
sidewalk, back into the roadway,
and into the northbound lane.
The truck continued to skid and
began to head westbound and hit the

curb at Laurel Creek, continued onto
the front lawn at 5926 Laurel Creek,
where it rolled over and catapulted
into the front yard of 5918 Laurel
Creek, shearing a large tree and hit
the home causing little damage but
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with children. Maureen was born in
Brooklyn, New York on August 30th,
1952. She lived in Brooklyn, Florida,
Lompoc and San Jose as the family relocated while her father worked
on the missile programs. Maureen
graduated from Leland High School
in San Jose in 1970. She worked
twenty years for Pacific Bell as a Staff
Engineer.
Maureen retired after the birth of
her second child to concentrate on
raising her children. She volunteered
at Hillendale and Alisal schools where
she particularly enjoyed teaching
about Art History. She was a member
of the inaugural St. Augustine parish
neighborhood faith
formation groups and loved dancing
and museums. Maureen enjoyed traveling and frequently visited Ireland,
the birthplace of her parents.
Maureen is survived by her children
Shannon and Brendan, her husband
William, her mother Johannah Mulholland and her brother Rory Mulholland. She was predeceased by her
father John Mulholland.
Services will be held in Pleasanton on August 4th at 11am at St.
Elizabeth Seton Chapel and will be
followed by a reception from noon4pm at Handles in the Pleasanton
Hotel. Donations can be made to the
National Psoriasis Foundation.

PAID OBITUARIES

Patricia Baker Cortez
Cortez, Patricia J. age 84 of Fairborn,
Ohio, passed away Sunday, July 29,
2012. Pat was born to the late Galen
and Gladys Baker on February 25,
1928 in Casstown, Ohio. She married
Robert Cortez on April 1, 1967 in Fairborn, Ohio. Pat worked as a Civil Servant at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
retiring after 26 years of service. She
was a strong supporter of the arts and
military affairs activities in the Dayton
region and lifelong member of the OfficersĂ­ Wives Club at Wright Patterson
Air Force Base as well as Eglin AFB,
Florida, and Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
Pat is survived by her husband, Robert Cortez; son, John W. McCance;
granddaughters, Lauren and Katie
McCance. She was preceded in death
by her older brother William G. Baker
formerly of Springfield, Ohio; survived
in death by her younger sister Judith
(William) Pantle of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania; and sister-in-law, Wanda
Baker of Tampa, Florida. A private
funeral is scheduled for August 3,
2012. The family has requested in lieu
of flowers that donations be made in

Maureen Mulholland
Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hare
Maureen Mulholland Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hare, a 27
year resident of Pleasanton, passed
away suddenly of natural causes on
July 8th, 2012. Maureen was an empathetic soul who
felt for those who
were marginalized, poor or suffered from the
ravages of war.
Her warm smile,
great heart and
sense of fun were
especially evident
in her playfulness

Drug violations
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weeks we had jazz bands come
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Joe’s assessment, crediting the Barones’ natural
ability to throw a great party for the lasting popularity of the get-togethers.
“There is so much attention to detail, and the atmosphere is so festive, you can’t help but be happy
to be there,” she said. “Everyone dances — it’s easy
to be a part of the fun.”
One of the many Pleasanton residents who appreciates the opportunity to socialize and enjoy an
adult night out without a drive to the city, French
cites plenty of bartenders, a great tapas-style menu
and a really positive atmosphere as reasons she and
her husband, Troy, have found a variety of ways to
enjoy their evenings at Barone’s, including reserving one of the seven private cabanas to share with
their friends.
“The cabanas are a great option for getting a
group of friends together, or planning a girl’s night
out,” Kelly said, “but when it’s just the two of us,
or just a few couples getting together, we’ll show
up early and grab one of the fire pits, instead.”
While the music and the fun could easily carry
the Thursday night celebration into the early hours
of Friday morning, the Barones understand they
have neighbors who might not be in a party mood
every Thursday.
“The band ends right at 10,” Joe explained, “and
we stop serving alcohol at 10:30.”
By 11 p.m. the twinkling lights have been turned
off and an ever-present security team has ensured
all guests have made it safely from the site.
For those who aren’t quite ready to take off their
dancing shoes, it’s a short walk around the corner to
St. Mary Street and the Redcoats British Pub. By day
Redcoats is a family friendly restaurant with an excellent menu extending far beyond the standard fish
and chips fare. But if you haven’t seen this place after

10 p.m., it’s time to put the kids to bed and head out
because you are missing some serious fun.
Friday and Saturday nightlife was offered to the
over-21 crowd soon after Mari Kennard and her
ex-husband Paul opened Redcoats in December
2007.
“The first few nights were a little spotty,” Mari
remembered in true British fashion, “but it didn’t
take long for word to get out and we’ve been full
ever since.”
It wasn’t the bangers and mash that had people
talking about Redcoats, it was the DJ and six video
screens which are not shut down until 1 a.m. — finally a Pleasanton party place that didn’t care when
mom and dad said it was time to head home.
Not that mom and dad, or even grandma and
grandpa, are always the first ones to give up their
spot at the Redcoats bar.
“People think that our late night crowd is young,
but it’s really very mixed,” Mari explained with a
smile. “We’ve got generations of people celebrating
milestone birthdays together, dancing together.
When people of any age are ready to kick up their
heels, they come here.”
Redcoats added another evening to the late
night party platter when Barone’s Music Under
the Stars brought a whole new crowd to the
downtown on Thursday nights. With dancing
and light food offered till midnight, the extra
hour at Redcoats offers a chance for Barone’s patrons to finish up a conversation or an easy place
to wait for a safe ride home, courtesy of the local
taxi services that invariably show up as the doors
are being locked.
“The taxis know when we close,” said Mari with
a chuckle, “and they know they can find customers
here.”

Diversity is the happiest aspect of Pleasanton’s
newest nighttime entertainment options, and
Grape Times Wine Bar understands that while
the crowds and craziness of the bar scene can be
a welcome distraction, sometimes a more serene
setting is needed at the end, or beginning, of a
long week.
From Monday night karaoke to Meet the Winemaker nights, Grape Times manager Stephanie
Eads works hard to include a variety of events to
keep patrons entertained while they sip the local
Livermore Valley wines featured at this intimate
establishment on Railroad Avenue near Neal.
But whatever activity might be taking place,
the main attraction at Grape Times is the friendly
atmosphere. Sit down for a tasting or two, strike
up a conversation with the wait staff, and before
long the regulars will be calling your name when
you walk through the door.
Of course, there’s no way any account of Pleasanton nightlife could be considered complete
without offering words of admiration and tribute
to the original Pleasanton nightclub — the Sunshine Saloon. Known as the Shine to the large
crowd of loyal regulars and old timers who have
frequented this establishment on Santa Rita at
Valley since 1978, this laid back bar was once the
only game in town.
Not a lot has changed since then, no fancy face
lifts or miraculous makeovers found here. Daily
specials featuring Taco Tuesdays and Rib Eye Fridays make the Sunshine Saloon a ritual for many,
while ping pong tables, shuffle board, darts and
enough video screens to cover every Olympic
event as it is broadcast show that the Shine really
understands what makes a great night out. N

JAY FLACHSBARTH / CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

r fun has no reason to leave Pleasanton, which has become a destination to enjoy food and drink, music, dancing and meeting new people. Weekends begin on Thursday evenings with plenty of action at (left)
nder the Stars in its large, elegantly appointed courtyard with a different band every week through October. Redcoats British Pub (above) is another spot for “some serious fun,” with (center) manager/bartender
wn with his girlfriend Megan Murphy and sister-in-law Julia Kennard.

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mewhere in Pleasanton
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Handles Gastropub
855 Main St.
399-6690
www.handlesgastropub.com
Regularly features music in the lounge.
Live music on the patio every Friday night
through the summer.
Check the website for band schedule.

Hilton Pleasanton at the Club
1750 Johnson Drive
463-8000
Hot Sizzling Nights every Thursday
through the summer.
Connect with Hilton at the Club
through Facebook for DJ/Band schedule.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE VALLEY — MUSIC, THEATER, ART, MOVIES AND MORE

‘Just Say It!’

RSVP Speech Campaign
works to build confidence
in public speaking

BY NICOLE DOI

Whether it’s help with a best man’s
speech, a first-grade book report, a sales
pitch or a chemistry presentation, RSVP
Speech Campaign is determined to provide members of the community with
the knowledge and confidence necessary
for delivering a flawless speech.
Amador Valley High juniors Melody
Huang, Alice Deng and Shilpa Krish
launched the RSVP Campaign at the beginning of the summer after overcoming
their own encounters with public speaking. The initials stand for Repertoire,
Speech, Voice and Presentation.
As members of Amador’s DECA
club, they were inspired to share their
knowledge and experiences with the
community.
“We know that speech deliverance
often causes a lot of anxiety and stress,
and having been through that phase ourselves, we wanted to change that for our
youth,” explained Melody. “We wanted
to start a campaign that would help others have the assertiveness to state their
opinions in front of a live audience,
hence our logo: Just Say It!”
From 4-6 p.m. every Monday at the
Pleasanton Public Library, the founders,
along with five other instructors, provide
speech lessons for children and adults.
On average, the weekly lessons attract 25-30 students, the majority from
elementary school. Due to popular demand, RSVP has added a separate adult
class.
“There are consistently six or more
adults,” said RSVP instructor Arany
Uthayakumar. “We’ve had a woman who
goes to poetry readings, a dentist who
gives seminars, a best man who is giving a speech at his brother’s wedding in
10 months, a chemistry major who has
to give presentations in class — these
people are all in different situations yet
effective public speaking is very applicable to them.
“The same things apply to all of them.
There really isn’t a secret to public speaking; there are just a few things that everyone needs to know,” she continued.
Each lesson covers topics like enunciation, posture, eye contact and volume.
The adults are taught public speaking
techniques in the form of lectures, while
the children learn new skills and practice
techniques through interactive games
and exercises.
“I really want to be more confident
and to get over being shy. We play games

NICOLE DOI

RSVP founders (l-r) Melody Huang, Shilpa Krish and Alice Deng play games with the kids
in order to break the ice at their RSVP Speech meetings held from 4-6 p.m. Mondays at the
Pleasanton Public Library.

to build our confidence and they teach
us good posture so that we can look
more confident,” said Arushi Avachat,
who is in middle school.
At 4 p.m., the library’s Community
Room is silent. But after two hours
of Jeopardy, reciting speeches with
Skittles in their mouths, and posture
contests, the quiet room has been
transformed. The once-shy students
stand in front of their peers smiling
and confident as they read their assigned speeches.
“Before I came to RSVP I wasn’t very
good at public speaking. Now I’m better
at it,” said another middle school student, Jason Diwa.
RSVP attracts students from beyond
the Pleasanton borders.
“Sometimes we have students from
Dublin and Livermore. By holding RSVP
at the public library, we attract outsiders who are not native to Pleasanton,”
Melody said.
She, Alice and Shilpa are currently in

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Leandro, and hope that it is the first of
many locations in the Bay Area.
“San Leandro is our first addition,
but we hope to be able to expand our
campaign to Hayward next. We eventually want our campaign to be statewide,”
Melody said.
RSVP will continue to hold lessons
through the remainder of the summer,
and the organizers plan on continuing into the school year on weekends.
For more information, email melodyhuang2007@gmail.com.
“The most rewarding part of this campaign is seeing our youth’s improvements and enthusiasm during each lesson,” Melody said. “Every Monday there
are new faces and old faces. We love
interacting with the new members, but
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There were many great defensive plays involving
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Classes

CLASSES IN MICROSOFT EXCEL Three
free Excel classes will be offered
by the Pleasanton Public Library
at 6-7 p.m. Mondays in August by
a finance professional: Beginners
Excel on Aug. 6; Intermediate Excel,
Aug. 13; and Advanced Excel, Aug.
20. Registration is required; call
931-3400, ext. 7. The library is
located at 400 Old Bernal Ave.

Concerts

CONCERTS IN THE PARK Pleasanton
Downtown Association presents
live concerts throughout the summer from 7-8:30 p.m. Fridays at
Lions Wayside Park at the corner
of First and Neal streets. Jazzy
Rhythm and Blues by Burton & Co
on Aug. 3 then come back Aug. 10
for Latin/Reggae World Music by
Rockatan Latin Tribe. Visit www.
pleasantondowntown.net.

Events

FORECLOSE ON THE BOMB, NOT THE
PEOPLE Commemorate the U.S.
atomic bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. Speakers, Hiroshima
survivors, music, food and an
action to foreclose on the bomb.
4-6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 5 William
Payne Park - across from Livermore
Nuclear Weapons Lab, Vasco Road
& Patterson Pass Road, Livermore.
443-7148. www.trivalleycares.org
PLEASANTONIANS 4 PEACE
Pleasantonians 4 Peace is sponsoring a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m.,
Wednesday, Aug. 8, in front of

the Museum on Main, 603 Main
St., Pleasanton. We will reflect on
the human and monetary costs
of the war, honor our veterans,
and visualize ways of moving
beyond this conflict to a more
peaceful society. For more information contact Cathe Norman
at 462-7495 or Matt Sullivan at
mjs7882@gmail.com. Visit www.
Pleasantonians4Peace.org.

Film

HUGO You are invited to enjoy
the free movie “Hugo” at dusk,
Thursday, Aug. 9, at Amador Valley
Community Park, 4301 Black Ave.,
Pleasanton. The film is rated PG.

Fundraisers

GRAPE AND LEAF EVENT Celebrate
Sustainable Agriculture on
Saturday, Aug. 11, at the biggest
event of the year for LEAF (Local
Ecology and Agriculture Fremont),
hosted by Westover Winery. Make
new friends while wine-tasting and
enjoy the summer evening with
local musicians and auction. 5:309:30 $35 The Grape and LEAF,
34329 Palomares Road, Castro
Valley. (510) 885-1501 . www.leafcenter.org
PLEASANTON/TULANCINGO ANNUAL
BBQ Everyone is invited to the
annual community BBQ for the
Pleasanton/Tulancingo Sister City
Association, with Tony Macchiano’s
Lickety Split BBQ Dinner, no-host
bar, great live and silent auctions,
music and dancing under the stars.
5:30-11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11.

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HU CHANT Gathering being held
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for God, from 1:15-2:15 p.m.,
Saturday, Aug. 4, at The Parkview,
100 Valley Ave., Pleasanton. All
faiths are welcome to attend. Visit
www.hearhu.org, www.eck-ca.org,
or www.miraclesinyourlife.org.

Sports

PLEASANTON PHANTOM 16A TRYOUTS
Pleasanton Phantom 16A Travel
Softball Team Tryouts are from 8:30
a.m.-noon, Saturday, Aug. 18, at
5800 Parkside Dr Field 7, Pleasanton.
Players can be from other cities and
must be 14-17 years of age. Call 408722-7517 or visit www.pleasantonsoftball.org.

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Tuesday, Aug. 7 at the Firehouse
Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave.,
Pleasanton. Positions include Theater
Usher, Will Call Window, and Gallery
Desk. Theater volunteers must be at
least 16, and gallery volunteers at
least 21. For more information, or to
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